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The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe

By David , Marquand

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780691156088, 9780691141596, 9781283539944, 1283539942, 9781400845019, 1400845017
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
660 kB (675548 bytes)
Series
Public Square(New in Paper)
Pages
233 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Europe--Politics and government--21st century;Euro

Description

Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Taking a searching lo.;Cover; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I: Prologue; II: Weighing like a Nightmare; III: Hate-and Hope; IV: The Revenge of Politics; V: Which Boundaries? Whose History?; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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